Xyp9x
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Xyp9x
Player Information
Name:
Andreas Højsleth
Nationality:
Born:
September 11, 1995 (age 30)
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2011 – 2023
Years Active (Coach):
2024 – Present
Role:
Team:
Nickname(s):
Clutch Minister
Approx. Total Winnings:
$2,014,880
Links
History
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike 2
| 2011-12-?? — 2012-01-?? | zeDANES |
| 2012-01-?? — 2012-04-22 | Xapso |
| 2012-04-22 — 2012-05-08 | Wikipediots |
| 2012-05-08 — 2012-07-03 | eSrael |
| 2012-07-03 — 2012-10-26 | Wikipediots |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
| 2012-10-26 — 2012-10-27 | Ildal Lions |
| 2012-10-27 — 2013-01-08 | CPLAY |
| 2013-01-08 — 2013-07-09 | Fnatic |
| 2013-07-09 — 2013-12-08 | Copenhagen Wolves |
| 2013-12-08 — 2014-02-16 | über G33KZ |
| 2014-02-16 — 2015-01-25 | Team Dignitas |
| 2015-01-29 — 2015-12-03 | Team SoloMid |
| 2015-12-03 — 2016-01-18 | ? |
| 2016-01-18 — 2020-05-28 | Astralis |
| 2020-05-28 — 2020-10-05 | Astralis(Inactive) |
| 2020-10-05 — 2023-06-22 | Astralis |
| 2023-04-18 — 2023-06-22 | Astralis Talent |
| 2023-06-22 — 2024-03-11 | Astralis(Inactive) |
Counter-Strike 2
| 2024-03-16 — Present | MOUZ(Assistant Coach) |
Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth (born September 11, 1995) is a Danish professional Counter-Strike 2 assistant coach, a former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, and a former semi-professional Counter-Strike player. He is famous for his high success rate in clutches, being dubbed the "clutch minister" by the community.
Gear and Settings
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -2.5 | No | No (0) | Custom (5) | 200 | |||
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| Sharecode | CSGO-D7JYc-fwCWJ-wThKn-ReFfT-478WB |
| Commands | cl_crosshairalpha 200; cl_crosshaircolor 5; cl_crosshaircolor_r 0; cl_crosshaircolor_g 255; cl_crosshaircolor_b 0; cl_crosshairdot 0; cl_crosshairgap -2.5; cl_crosshairsize 2; cl_crosshairstyle 4; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 1; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_outlinethickness 1; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0; |
Achievements
[edit]| Date | Place | Tier | Type | G. | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019-12-14 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |  |  | BLAST Pro Series: Global Final 2019 |  | 2 : 0 |   | $350,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-09-08 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 | | 2 : 0 |  | $500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-03-03 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Katowice Major 2019 | | 2 : 0 |  | $500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-12-09 | 1st | Points | Offline | |  | Intel Grand Slam Season 1 | | custom | Grp S. | $1,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-09-23 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | FACEIT Major: London 2018 | | 2 : 0 |  | $500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-07-29 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ELEAGUE Premier 2018 | | 2 : 0 |   | $500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-05-20 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESL Pro League Season 7 - Finals | | 3 : 1 | | $250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-06-16 | W | Showmatch | Offline | |  | ELEAGUE Clash for Cash: The Rematch | | 2 : 1 |  | $250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-01-29 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | | | ELEAGUE Major Atlanta 2017 | | 2 : 1 | | $500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-12-11 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | Esports Championship Series Season 2 - Finals | | 2 : 0 |   | $250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trivia
[edit]Personal
[edit]- Got his nickname randomly typing on his keyboard. [4]
- Was a founding board member and chairman of the Counter-Strike Professional Players' Association. [5]
Awards
[edit]- Was ranked the 20th best player of 2013 by HLTV. [6]
- Was ranked the 13th best player of 2017 by HLTV. [7]
- Was ranked the 13th best player of 2018 by HLTV. [8]
- Was ranked the 14th best player of 2019 by HLTV. [9]
MVPs
[edit]- Was named the MVP of IEM Katowice 2017 by HLTV. [10]
Records
[edit]- 2nd most Majors won (4).
- Previously held the record for most 1vX wins at a big event with 13 at IEM Katowice 2017. His record was taken over by s1mple when he won 19 1vX situations at StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4. [11]
- Xyp9x, dev1ce, and dupreeh form one of the longest standing Global Offensive player trios ever, lasting 7 years and 239 days. Their first partnership lasted from July 9th, 2013 to September 18th, 2013 (when dev1ce left Copenhagen Wolves). Their second partnership lasted from November 4th, 2013 to April 23rd, 2021 (when dev1ce left Astralis).
Highlights
[edit]HLTV
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2013-01-18 | Xyp9x vs Anexis [ACE with 1vs2] by kab of HLTV at ESEA Season 13 - Invite: Europe- 2013-03-14 | Xyp9x vs. team-unknowns by errzyx of HLTV at EMS One Spring Cup #4
2013-09-03 | Xyp9x vs. AWESOME [sick pistol round] by errzyx of HLTV at EMS One Fall Cup #1- 2013-11-30 | Xyp9x vs. VeryGames by twirl of HLTV at DreamHack Winter 2013
2014-09-02 | Xyp9x vs. LDLC by brcho of HLTV at ESWC 2014- 2014-11-02 | Xyp9x vs. Virtus.pro by brcho of HLTV at ESWC 2014
- 2015-01-25 | Xyp9x vs. LDLC by krrrrr of HLTV at MLG X Games Aspen Invitational
2015-03-14 | Xyp9x vs. NiP by brcho of HLTV at ESL One: Katowice 2015- 2015-03-14 | Xyp9x vs. NiP #2 by krrrrr of HLTV at ESL One: Katowice 2015
- 2015-04-05 | Xyp9x vs. Virtus.pro by proutounz of HLTV at Copenhagen Games 2015
- 2015-07-02 | Xyp9x vs. fnatic by Tobin of HLTV at ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 - Finals
- 2015-09-19 | Xyp9x vs. G2 by brcho of HLTV at DreamHack Open London 2015
- 2016-12-04 | Xyp9x vs. OpTic by brcho of HLTV at ELEAGUE Season 2
- 2017-02-13 | Xyp9x vs. NiP by TotalEclipse of HLTV at DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017
- 2017-03-13 | Xyp9x - 13 1vX wins at IEM Katowice 2017 by proutounz of HLTV at IEM Katowice 2017
- 2017-11-30 | Xyp9x vs. North by Molen of HLTV at BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2017
Other
[edit]Interviews
[edit]- 2013-11-01 | ESWC 2013 Interview: Copenhagen Wolves FeTiSh & Xyp9x by Jack Westerman of ESEA at ESWC 2013
2013-12-26 | ESEC 2013 - Interview with device and Xyp9x by E-Frag.net at European_Championship_2013
- 2014-08-02 | CS:GO Pro Player Interview: Dignitas Xyp9x at Gfinity G3 Tournament in London by Jack Westerman of ESEA at Gfinity G3
- 2014-11-26 | Dignitas Xyp9x CS:GO Interview by HyperX
- 2015-03-13 | Xyp9x: "Hopefully we won't choke this time" by Björn Ehrnberg of Aftonbladet at ESL One: Katowice 2015
- 2015-05-02 | Xyp9x Is Pronounced XYP-EX... Not XYP-NEX!!! Interviews by Mantrousse at FACEIT League 2015 Stage I Finals
- 2015-07-18 | Xyp9x: "We want to face Cloud9" by Striker of HLTV at FACEIT 2015 Stage 2 Finals
- 2015-10-02 | Interview with Xyp9x from TSM by Hitpoint.cz at PGL CS:GO Championship Series Season 1: Finals
- 2015-10-28 | Xyp9x about the competiton in the major: Fnatic are not our biggest rivals by Simon Engstrand of Aftonbladet at DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015
- 2015-11-21 | Xyp9x: "Excited to play against G2" by stich of HLTV at IEM San Jose 2015
- 2016-11-12 | Xyp9x | 1-on-1 Interview by Thorin of ELEAGUE at ELEAGUE Season 2
- 2017-01-20 | Xyp9x: "I love the Swiss format" by Sander of HLTV at ELEAGUE Major 2017
- 2017-01-28 | Astralis: "The job isn't done" by Striker of HLTV at ELEAGUE Major 2017
- 2017-01-28 | Xyp9x: "Virtus is just legendary, it will be a harder match" by Ding1 of Fragbite at ELEAGUE Major 2017
- 2017-01-30 | Astralis' Xyp9x: 'Just amazing' to play under gla1ve and his leadership by Jacob Wolf of ESPN at ELEAGUE Major 2017
- 2017-02-17 | Xyp9x: "I think fnatic will do well" by Striker of HLTV at DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017
- 2017-03-06 | Xyp9x: "We kept taking banana control" by Striker of HLTV at IEM Katowice 2017
- 2017-08-27 |
Interview - Xyp9x from Astralis! by ComKean (trans. 
) - 2017-09-30 | Xyp9x Says They Crushed the Toughest Group in ELEAGUE 2017 by Nathan Fusco of DBLTAP at ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017
- 2017-10-12 | Xyp9x: "We read Cloud9 on Inferno" by Professeur of HLTV at ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017
- 2017-10-25 | Xyp9x: "Many teams don’t know how to cope with their down periods" by Aleksei.L of Cybersport.com at EPICENTER 2017
- 2017-12-15 | Astralis Xyp9x: 'We still don't know if dev1ce will be ready for the Major' by Dennis Gonzales and Daniel Rosen of theScore esports at ECS Season 4 Finals
- 2017-12-17 | Xyp9x Gives His Thoughts on the Changes to the Major by Nathan Fusco of DBLTAP at ECS Season 4 Finals
- 2018-02-28 | Astralis' Xyp9x Saw Potential for Change with Kjaerbye's Departure by Nathan Fusco of DBLTAP at IEM Katowice 2018
- 2018-04-21 | Astralis Xyp9x interview after QF win by esports.com at DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018
- 2018-05-01 | Xyp9x: "I expect [NRG] to go quite far in this tournament" by Professeur of HLTV at IEM Sydney 2018
- 2018-05-17 | Xyp9x: "Thanks to zonic it's become a thing that we have to find spots we can double-nade" by Striker of HLTV at ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals
- 2018-06-09 | Xyp9x Talks Cloud9's Choke at the ECS Season 5 Finals by Nathan Fusco of DBLTAP at ECS Season 5 Finals
- 2018-06-30 | Xyp9x on new player union: "It's an opportunity to make a unified voice on things players care about" by Yossarian of HLTV
- 2018-07-27 | device: "It is really important for us to win here" by MIRAA of HLTV at ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018
- 2018-07-27 | Xyp9x: “It is really hard to change the meta when you’re the number one team” by Jamie Villanueva of Dot Esports at ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018
- 2018-07-28 | Xyp9x: "The secret on Nuke is our CT side" by LucasAM of HLTV at ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018
- 2018-09-12 | Xyp9x: "Against Na`Vi and especially on Inferno, it's all mind games" by Striker of HLTV at FACEIT Major: London 2018
- 2018-09-22 | Xyp9x: "We just outprepared Liquid today" by Professeur of HLTV at FACEIT Major: London 2018
- 2018-09-22 | Astralis Xyp9x interview after QF win by esports.com at FACEIT Major: London 2018
- 2018-09-27 | Xyp9x on Astralis: 'I feel like we are creating the meta. We're creating how a team should function' by DeKay of DBLTAP at FACEIT Major: London 2018
- 2018-11-09 | Xyp9x: "We're not at our best level, but we can get there by the end of the tournament" by LucasAM of HLTV at IEM Chicago 2018
- 2018-11-25 | Xyp9x: "What keeps us going is that we're not satisfied with dropping off, we know how tough it is to be No. 1" by Striker of HLTV at ECS Season 6 Finals
- 2018-12-14 | “It's really hard to exceed this year, to accomplish something greater” Interview with Xyp9x by ghazz of Rush B Media at BLAST Pro Series: Lisbon 2018
- 2019-03-21 | Xyp9x: "BLAST changed their veto system so it's hard for us to prepare like we usually do" by Professeur of HLTV at BLAST Pro Series: São Paulo 2019
- 2019-04-04 | Xyp9x - Major Sieger Interview : "Es gibt einfach kein Team, dass momentan auf unserem Niveau ist." [Xyp9x - Major Winner Interview: "There is simply no team that is on our level at the moment."] by kautzy of esports.com at IEM Katowice Major 2019
- 2019-06-23 | Xyp9x im Interview: „People caught up and we have to find new things to do and surprise“ [Xyp9x in interview: „People caught up and we have to find new things to do and surprise“] by TheHotz of readmore.de at ESL Pro League Season 9: Finals
- 2019-07-02 | Xyp9x: "Our individual level hasn't been what it was the whole year we were winning; we are focusing on that" by Professeur of HLTV at ESL One: Cologne 2019
- 2019-09-08 |
Xyp9x po výhře: Úvod byl docela vyrovnaný. Takto hladkou jízdu jsme samozřejmě neočekávali [Xyp9x after the win: The start was fairly equal. We obviously didn't expect such a smooth ride] by huhy of PLAYzone at StarLadder Berlin Major 2019
2021-07-09 | Astralis: "I was really aggressive before, but I think I've tuned down that a little bit" by Joshua Treadway of Esports Kingdom at IEM Cologne 2021- 2021-07-15 | Xyp9x: "We're not satisfied with just making the quarter-finals" by MIRAA of HLTV at IEM Cologne 2021
- 2021-08-16 | Xyp9x exploring options as Astralis contract nears end: “Everything is up in the air” by MIRAA of Dexerto
- 2021-12-13 | Xyp9x: "NAVI are the clear favorites but the contenders for the top 4 are all up in the air" by LucasAM of HLTV at BLAST Premier: World Final 2021
- 2022-05-10 | Xyp9x: "CT-sidan är så overpowered just nu" [Xyp9x: "The CT side is so overpowered right now"] by Hallonkraem of Fragbite at PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- 2022-06-08 | Xyp9x: I have not been satisfied with my own performance by Pley at Pinnacle Cup Championship
- 2022-07-07 | Xyp9x: "There's so much pressure playing CS and if you don't perform you will get community backlash" by Slevo of Dust2.us at IEM Cologne 2022
- 2022-07-09 | Xyp9x: I am really happy, that all the work is paying off by Pley at IEM Cologne 2022
- 2023-09-15 | Xyp9x-interview: "Jeg føler mig klar til at spille på absolut topniveau" [Xyp9x Interview: "I feel ready to play at absolute top level"] by mad0 of Dust2.dk
- 2024-03-16 | From Player to Coach: Xyp9x on His Career Change by MOUZ
- 2025-03-30 | Interview with MOUZ Xyp9x at BLAST Open "I want to remove the burden of the game from my team" by BLAST at BLAST Open Spring 2025
- 2025-05-02 | Xyp9x: "Jeg skal have noget mere erfaring" [Xyp9x: “I need more experience”] by unclejakes of Dust2.dk at BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
- 2025-09-02 | Xyp9x on his role at MOUZ, inner workings and Astralis by Nohte of HLTV at BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
Gallery
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Xyp9x at PGL Major Antwerp 2022: European RMR B with Astralis
Xyp9x at PGL Major Stockholm 2021 with Astralis
Xyp9x at IEM Cologne 2021 with Astralis
Xyp9x at IEM Katowice 2020 with Astralis
Xyp9x at ESL Pro League Season 10: Finals with Astralis
Xyp9x at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019 with Astralis
Xyp9x at IEM Chicago 2018 with Astralis
Xyp9x at DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 with Astralis
Xyp9x at PGL Major Kraków 2017 with Astralis
Xyp9x at ESL Expo Barcelona with Astralis
Xyp9x at Fragbite Masters Season 5 with ?
Xyp9x at ESL Pro League: Winter 2014/15 with Team SoloMid
Xyp9x at DreamHack Valencia 2015 with Team SoloMid
Xyp9x at ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014 with Team Dignitas
Xyp9x at EMS One Fall 2013 Finals with Copenhagen Wolves
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Xyp9x at IEM Katowice 2020". HLTV.
- ↑ "Teams – Xyp9x". Astralis. 2019-12-12.
- ↑ "Astralis vs. ASG at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B". HLTV. 2022-04-21.
- ↑ ELEAGUE (2016-05-22). "That's so random!".
- ↑ Yossarian (2018-06-29). "Players' Association announced". HLTV.
- ↑ Tgwri1s (2014-01-01). "Top 20 Players of 2013: Xyp9x (20)". HLTV.
- ↑ LucasAM (2018-01-06). "Top 20 Players of 2017: Xyp9x (13)". HLTV.
- ↑ Professeur (2019-01-08). "Top 20 Players of 2018: Xyp9x (13)". HLTV.
- ↑ LucasAM (2019-01-07). "Top 20 players of 2019: Xyp9x (14)". HLTV.
- ↑ HLTV (2017-03-05). "@Xyp9x is the HLTV MVP by ZOWIE of #IEM Katowice 2017!".
- ↑ Tgwri1s (2018-02-25). "s1mple has set at least 2 new "Big event" records".
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